Popular Names in Norway

Information from Statistics Norway. This data is based on the names and birth dates of current residents. This means that residents who have died are not included, hence the numbers are lower for early years. Additionally, this means the names of immigrants who were not born in the country will be included.

Shrink changes

Boys · Girls

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Jan	1,446	0	+4	+0.3%
2.	Bjørn	1,117	0	-8	-0.7%
3.	Geir	987	+1	-6	-0.6%
4.	Per	978	-1	-87	-8.2%
5.	Rune	764	+1	+65	+9.3%
6.	Lars	709	+1	+27	+4.0%
7.	Ole	660	+5	+75	+12.8%
8.	Knut	655	0	-9	-1.4%
9.	Terje	654	-4	-85	-11.5%
10.	Svein	634	+1	+30	+5.0%
11.	Trond	614	-1	-33	-5.1%
12.	Kjell	591	-3	-68	-10.3%
13.	Morten	583	0	+8	+1.4%
14.	Tor	529	+1	+18	+3.5%
15.	John	526	+3	+45	+9.4%
16.	Tom	481	+3	+46	+10.6%
17.	Hans	471	-3	-50	-9.6%
17.	Tore	471	0	-19	-3.9%
19.	Erik	469	+2	+52	+12.5%
20.	Arne	404	-4	-94	-18.9%
21.	Roger	401	+1	+9	+2.3%
22.	Frank	400	+2	+24	+6.4%
22.	Odd	400	-2	-22	-5.2%
24.	Frode	398	-1	+21	+5.6%
25.	Jon	386	0	+35	+10.0%
26.	Stig	364	0	+14	+4.0%
27.	Arild	337	+10	+68	+25.3%
28.	Øyvind	335	+1	+12	+3.7%
29.	Stein	329	-2	0	0.0%
30.	Kjetil	327	+10	+76	+30.3%
31.	Steinar	289	-1	-20	-6.5%
32.	Helge	286	-2	-23	-7.4%
32.	Vidar	286	0	-18	-5.9%
34.	Nils	285	+4	+19	+7.1%
35.	Harald	278	+1	-3	-1.1%
36.	Dag	277	-9	-52	-15.8%
37.	Pål	276	+2	+24	+9.5%
38.	Roy	269	-4	-14	-4.9%
39.	Rolf	267	-6	-19	-6.6%
40.	Leif	263	-5	-19	-6.7%
41.	Anders	257	+1	+19	+8.0%
42.	Jarle	251	+4	+27	+12.1%
43.	Øystein	240	+3	+16	+7.1%
44.	Jørn	235	-1	+2	+0.9%
45.	Roar	223	-1	-7	-3.0%
46.	Robert	221	-2	-9	-3.9%
47.	Espen	218	+2	+22	+11.2%
48.	Gunnar	208	-7	-35	-14.4%
49.	Olav	185	-1	-29	-13.6%
49.	Ove	185	+2	-2	-1.1%
51.	Atle	184	+2	+5	+2.8%
52.	Johnny	178	+4	+17	+10.6%
53.	Jens	175	+3	+14	+8.7%
54.	Magne	171	+1	+6	+3.6%
55.	Thor	169	-1	+3	+1.8%
56.	Ivar	168	-6	-24	-12.5%
57.	Ronny	167	+12	+37	+28.5%
58.	Egil	165	0	+7	+4.4%
59.	Alf	164	-1	+6	+3.8%
60.	Tommy	161	+21	+46	+40.0%
61.	Einar	157	-9	-29	-15.6%
62.	Jonny	156	+2	+12	+8.3%
62.	Petter	156	+1	+11	+7.6%
64.	Thomas	153	+4	+21	+15.9%
65.	Kenneth	151	+11	+33	+28.0%
66.	Kai	143	-6	-14	-8.9%
67.	Bård	142	+5	+16	+12.7%
68.	Kurt	140	-2	+6	+4.5%
69.	Christian	138	+15	+31	+29.0%
69.	Ståle	138	-4	+3	+2.2%
71.	Finn	137	-9	-17	-11.0%
72.	Ola	135	+16	+30	+28.6%
73.	Gjermund	133	new	new	new
73.	Karl	133	-12	-22	-14.2%
75.	Arve	132	-9	-2	-1.5%
75.	Inge	132	+12	+26	+24.5%
77.	Kåre	130	+2	+14	+12.1%
78.	Peter	126	-9	-4	-3.1%
79.	Jostein	124	+11	+20	+19.2%
80.	Sven	123	-5	+2	+1.7%
81.	Paul	115	-4	-2	-1.7%
82.	Ketil	114	+15	+17	+17.5%
83.	Henning	111	-10	-14	-11.2%
84.	Martin	109	0	+2	+1.9%
84.	Sverre	109	-1	0	0.0%
86.	Michael	104	-13	-21	-16.8%
87.	Håkon	103	-5	-8	-7.2%
88.	Bent	101	new	new	new
88.	Torbjørn	101	-11	-16	-13.7%
90.	Eivind	99	-11	-17	-14.7%
91.	Reidar	97	+8	+5	+5.4%
92.	Håvard	93	-2	-11	-10.6%
92.	Johan	93	-8	-14	-13.1%
94.	Andrzej	92	new	new	new
94.	Asbjørn	92	-6	-13	-12.4%
96.	Åge	91	+4	0	0.0%
96.	David	91	new	new	new
98.	Arnt	89	new	new	new
99.	Bjørnar	88	-7	-12	-12.0%
100.	Andre	87	new	new	new

Rank	Name	Times	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Anne	1,758	0	-92	-5.0%
2.	Nina	807	+2	+119	+17.3%
3.	Hilde	794	0	+93	+13.3%
4.	Anita	679	+2	+21	+3.2%
5.	Marianne	673	+2	+95	+16.4%
6.	Bente	647	-1	-36	-5.3%
7.	Heidi	639	-5	-112	-14.9%
8.	Tone	567	+5	+52	+10.1%
9.	Kristin	564	-1	-3	-0.5%
10.	Mona	537	+6	+53	+11.0%
11.	Kari	523	+1	-1	-0.2%
12.	Ann	522	+6	+83	+18.9%
13.	Inger	509	-3	-55	-9.8%
14.	Wenche	498	0	-7	-1.4%
15.	Marit	493	-5	-71	-12.6%
16.	Mette	486	-1	-17	-3.4%
17.	Elisabeth	452	+4	+80	+21.5%
18.	Tove	444	-9	-121	-21.4%
19.	Eva	433	-2	-10	-2.3%
20.	Hanne	416	0	+23	+5.9%
21.	Elin	388	-2	-9	-2.3%
22.	Linda	348	+2	+11	+3.3%
23.	Hege	346	+7	+57	+19.7%
23.	Liv	346	-1	-8	-2.3%
25.	Berit	331	0	+6	+1.8%
26.	Siv	326	+5	+47	+16.8%
27.	Laila	318	+5	+45	+16.5%
28.	Trine	316	-1	+2	+0.6%
29.	Sissel	315	-3	-2	-0.6%
30.	Gunn	308	-2	-1	-0.3%
31.	Monica	294	+5	+40	+15.7%
32.	Ellen	292	-9	-60	-17.0%
33.	Lise	272	+5	+30	+12.4%
34.	Randi	258	-5	-34	-11.6%
35.	Rita	251	+4	+18	+7.7%
36.	Merete	247	+1	-3	-1.2%
37.	Janne	246	+10	+31	+14.4%
38.	Irene	241	-5	-27	-10.1%
38.	May	241	-3	-14	-5.5%
40.	Karin	240	0	+8	+3.4%
41.	Ingrid	235	+4	+15	+6.8%
42.	Gro	231	+1	+8	+3.6%
43.	Britt	229	+5	+26	+12.8%
44.	Kjersti	223	-2	-3	-1.3%
45.	Grethe	209	-11	-54	-20.5%
46.	Grete	208	+6	+21	+11.2%
47.	Solveig	203	+8	+30	+17.3%
48.	Åse	196	+3	+5	+2.6%
48.	Line	196	+5	+11	+5.9%
50.	Unni	195	-1	-4	-2.0%
51.	Trude	194	+12	+40	+26.0%
52.	Astrid	190	-11	-38	-16.7%
53.	Lisbeth	185	-7	-34	-15.5%
54.	Eli	183	-10	-38	-17.2%
54.	Lene	183	+14	+45	+32.6%
56.	Maria	182	-6	-12	-6.2%
57.	Jorunn	176	-3	+1	+0.6%
58.	Ragnhild	168	+7	+21	+14.3%
59.	Gry	162	+3	+7	+4.5%
60.	Siri	161	+1	-3	-1.8%
61.	Anna	158	-3	-9	-5.4%
62.	Vigdis	154	-4	-13	-7.8%
63.	Ingunn	152	-3	-13	-7.9%
63.	Turid	152	-6	-18	-10.6%
65.	Bjørg	151	-1	-1	-0.7%
66.	Beate	147	+4	+15	+11.4%
67.	Anette	146	+11	+37	+33.9%
68.	Kirsti	144	+1	+8	+5.9%
69.	Torill	141	-3	+2	+1.4%
70.	Bodil	137	+12	+32	+30.5%
71.	Vibeke	133	+17	+38	+40.0%
72.	Aud	130	-16	-41	-24.0%
72.	Mariann	130	+21	+47	+56.6%
74.	Cathrine	127	-1	+8	+6.7%
75.	Lillian	116	-1	0	0.0%
76.	Toril	113	+14	+20	+21.5%
77.	Jane	112	+7	+9	+8.7%
78.	Aina	110	+2	+3	+2.8%
78.	Synnøve	110	+3	+4	+3.8%
80.	Kirsten	108	-8	-12	-10.0%
80.	Lena	108	-2	-1	-0.9%
82.	Else	104	-16	-35	-25.2%
83.	Brit	103	-8	-10	-8.8%
84.	Susanne	102	+3	+5	+5.2%
85.	Sølvi	101	-10	-12	-10.6%
86.	Birgitte	100	new	new	new
86.	Tina	100	new	new	new
88.	Gerd	98	-5	-6	-5.8%
89.	Ruth	96	0	+2	+2.1%
89.	Siw	96	-4	-4	-4.0%
89.	Torunn	96	-3	-2	-2.0%
92.	Merethe	94	+5	+16	+20.5%
93.	Karen	93	-1	+6	+6.9%
94.	Helle	92	-17	-19	-17.1%
94.	Monika	92	-1	+9	+10.8%
96.	Reidun	91	-25	-39	-30.0%
97.	Helene	85	-6	-5	-5.6%
98.	Ann-Kristin	78	new	new	new
99.	Birgit	77	-6	-6	-7.2%
100.	Mari	76	new	new	new

Popularity extremes for Norway